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The Library of Congress has acquired rare music and lyric sketches from composer Harold Arlen and…
The New York Public Library has announced plans to commemorate the semiquincentennial of the…
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Special Collections at the University of Leeds Libraries has announced the acquisition of the earliest-known book about cheesemaking in Britain, A pamflyt compiled of Cheese, contayninge the differences, nature, qualities, and goodnes, of the same, which can be viewed in full via the institution’s…
The National Gallery of Art has acquired the Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, one of the most important holdings of American vernacular photographs. Formed over 50 years, it includes 248 photographs of and by African Americans made from the 1840s through the early 20th century.
Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and Fashion, which opens today, is the first major exhibition to explore the fashion of the Bloomsbury group, and how the 20th century cultural collective still impacts global style more than 100 years later.
Freeman’s September 27 sale includes a distinguished selection of 18th- and 19th-century travel and color plate books, led by a rare first edition of Frederick Catherwood’s 1844 Views of the Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, as well as volumes on the Mediterranean and…
As part of Phaidon's 100th anniversary celebrations this year the publishing house has opened up its archives for a special exhibition at Christie’s, Rockefeller Center, New York which runs through September 18 before travelling to London in October.
A major new exhibition, Fantasy: Realms of Imagination, at the British Library will explore the evolution of fantasy. From ancient folk tales and fairy stories, gothic horror and weird fiction, to live action role-playing games inspired by fantasy worlds, the exhibition will celebrate the genre and…
'Small performances' will allow researchers at Cambridge University Library to step back in time to look at the creation of one of the world’s most popular and enduring typefaces, Baskerville.A second project at the library looking at the secrets contained within sacred texts of some of the world’s…
A copy of John Gould’s Monograph of the Trogonidae will be offered in the Books, Maps and Manuscripts Sale at Tennants Auctioneers on September 29, with an estimate of £15,000-20,000.
The first real public narrative movie screening took place in Paris in 1895 featuring the Lumière brothers' comedy short L'Arroseur Arrosé (The Waterer Watered). The event was promoted by a large poster that depicted an enthusiastic audience enjoying this new kind of entertainment.
The British Museum Press today publishes Artists making books: poetry to politics, a striking new publication showcasing its little known yet extensive collection of artists’ books.
